Antiquated Technology

It's the beginning of my last semester of school EVER (I'm in a 3-year MFA program and I'm thankful there is no such thing as a PhD in photography). This semester the professor I TA for used Polaroid film (yes, the two packs of film are probably worth more than $50) to document the students in our class. I suggested using digital but he was adamant on using up his last packs of precious film--some habits are hard to break I suppose.

Empty School Halls

During winter break (yep, it's still break, we get 6 weeks!) several floors of our various school buildings are pretty abandoned, including the floor just below my office. As the womens bathroom is on that floor, I've had ample time to discover that NO ONE has been around for quite a while and that several of the offices are even abandoned/been re-located to other spaces. Today during my break I decided to wander around and take a few photos with my iphone.

I decided to use the Camerabag app to give the images a 'Holga' look. Not sure how I feel about the results... there's something odd about using new technology to imitate the look of film. Back in undergrad I used to love using the Holga camera, I started using it to get away from the 'perfect' look of digital... there was something rather romantic about the colours and lighting effects (heavy vignetting) and the sheer unpredictability of the results that appealed to me. What do you think? I know there are still tons of devoted toy camera users out there...